[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: San Francisco (CA) approves Treasure Island plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

S.F. approves Treasure Island plan

Will Kane
San Francisco Chronicle
June 8, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- To cheers and applause from the audience, the Board  
of Supervisors unanimously approved a massive new neighborhood  
proposed for Treasure Island.

In the 11-0 vote the board rejected claims by groups such as the  
Sierra Club that the project would harm the environment and  
exacerbate traffic problems.

Instead, members of the board said the $1.5 billion project would  
breathe new life into the old Navy base in the middle of San  
Francisco Bay.

The plan, almost 15 years in the making, calls for 19,000 new  
residents to live in a new neighborhood wrapped in open space and  
dotted with high-rises, one as tall as 450 feet. Residential units  
would be within walking distance of shops, a grocery store, a school  
and new ferry terminal.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/08/ 
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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